The terrorist attack that wasn’t, and one that may have been

More information is always better than less. We who try to put context into what is happening, whether it is terrorism or not, should always remember that.

A man who hijacked a University of Ottawa van drove recklessly around and through campus, hitting cars and bollards before crashing. Thankfully no one was hurt. The incident had nothing to do with terrorism. The alleged culprit may have been drunk and screamed at arresting officers to kill him, suggesting some personal crisis or mental health issue, writes Phil Gurski. Screen capture photograph courtesy CTV Ottawa

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

April 1, 2019

OTTAWA—If you're like me—and I really hope you're not for many, many reasons—you probably read the news with a certain slant and through a certain filter. In my case, I read almost everything via a terrorism lens—except maybe the comics—since I write about terrorism every day. When I read ...

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